common land

By now they were at the edge of the common land.

"We understand, but you must also, or there is no common land."

At the time they still kept cattle on the common land.

It ran through common land, but was closed in 1871.

This is old common land that came under public ownership in 1872.

The green is common land that was used for grazing.

If no action is taken, it frequently results in the loss of common land.

Following 1850, much of the common land was sold off for agricultural development.

The division of the common land took until 1800 to complete entirely.

The Internet is a meeting place, a forum for free information, a sort of common land.

In rural areas, they had to pay for their use of the common lands.

The sites were established on common land away from other communities.

They're camped on common land which everybody has access to.

For example, in parts of England, some has been registered as common land.

It's a public path, and in any case the quarry would be common land.

Wearily they made their way out of the woods and back to the common land.

In 1693 more than half the forest was taken into private hands, with the remainder set aside as common land.

Anyone moving onto common land should fence the livestock out if they have a problem.

There was extensive "common land" in the town, not owned by any individual.

Below the citizens there was a class of residents, who were allowed to use the common land but had limited rights or political power.

Unusually, the village green to the south and west has been converted to a 9-hole common land course in 1907.

Hunter worked with the society to save common land from enclosure.

It was once an area of common land where people had the right to graze their animals.

Thus, an area of common land or a village green will not be a highway, although it may contain one.

But the course was on common land and tended to become somewhat crowded.